Obama has a sporting Sunday: Golf and basketball

Nov. 17, 2013
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President Obama / Steven Senne, AP

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

President Obama is having a sporting kind of Sunday, featuring golf and basketball.

In the late morning, Obama hits the links at the Andrews military base near Washington, D.C.

Early Sunday evening, the president and his family will attend a college basketball game between the University of Maryland and Oregon State University, which is coached by Obama's brother-in-law, Craig Robinson.

Robinson is the brother of first lady Michelle Obama.

The hoops game is at College Park. Md., not far from the White House.

Since Robinson became Oregon State's coach in 2008, the team has made a point of playing a game in the Washington area, and the Obama family has attended.

Maryland, a potential NCAA tournament team, is about a 13-point favorite in the game; Oregon State is 1-1, and its loss was to Coppin State, a much smaller school.

Obama warmed up for cheering with a round of golf.

The president's playing partners Sunday: Trip director Marvin Nicholson, his brother Walt Nicholson, and advance team member Joe Paulsen.